On 12 April 1861, General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, an 1838 United States Military Academy (USMA) graduate and former Superintendent of the Academy, fired upon Major Robert Anderson, an 1825 USMA graduate and Beauregard’s former artillery...

In 1801, Mr. George Baron, a civilian mathematics instructor, arrived at West Point by the direction of the Secretary of War. Baron’s mission was to begin classes with the junior officers on post and newly appointed cadets in an effort to start a...

Several historical documents state that "conditions" endured during the early phases of the Seminole War caused the resignation of over 100 company-grade officers between March and December of 1836, most of whom were West Point graduates. For...

The summer of 1943 was a watershed period in the development of military instruction and training at the United States Military Academy. An American nation involved in a world at war demanded more divisions, more material, more men, and more West...

Previously considered the nation’s leading engineering and military school during the antebellum period, USMA provided the nation with trained graduates, critical to the expansion and security of the country. Through this mission, the Academy...

It is December 1989 and there are rumors that the Superintendent will release his formula for determining the cadet Order of Merit before the Christmas break. The air around the Corps is filled with anticipation as the cadets wonder how the formula...

The present course in gymnasium began to take shape in 1885 with the appointment of Colonel Herman J. Koehler as Master of the Sword. In fact, Colonel Koehler did so much work in this connection that a history of his service is one of the course...

On 11 July 1955, at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver Colorado the United States Air Force Academy welcomed the 301 cadets of the Class of 1959. In attendance for this auspicious event were: the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy,...

No Honor System or Code can be "established" - in the sense that a bridge is constructed, or a building is erected. Nor can it be simply "built" and placed in position, as some automatic machine, to do some work mechanically. It must spring from...